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misanthrope

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6. All great points

Mon Jul 7, 2025, 06:03 PM

Jul 7

-In 1997, Hurricane Danny parked over Mobile Bay for more than a day. Its winds were lower level and it didn't move much, but it had a lot of rain. We got 30-plus inches of precipitation during that event. We had a to build a makeshift dam at the top of our front sidewalk to keep water from diverting from the street's gutter to overwhelm the front of our house. The water in the drainage ditch behind the house (an old tributary creek implemented into the city stormwater system) rose to the top of its roughly 10-foot channel and eased into the backyard. But it never got terribly close to the house.

We also get torrential thunderstorms as part of the regular weather here, like the 6-plus inches we got on May 13, 2024. Certain areas of town are notorious for flooding. Nothing like what was seen in Texas last week.

-I despise how AirBnB has eaten at the sense of community in American neighborhoods. Not only has it driven up rental prices by depleting the market of available places, but it has exacerbated the growing isolation fraying our nation.

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Scary info from a USGS gauge on the Guadalupe River [View all] misanthrope Jul 7 OP

Have you seen this? ... marble falls Jul 7 #1

Doesn't look right. carpetbagger Jul 8 #26

I've heard from friends that there was a river running right down the main drag. ... marble falls Jul 8 #31

The 38 minute video is worth seeing Renew Deal Jul 7 #2

I grew up in a flood plain near the coast in Texas...we kept a boat under the house. pecosbob Jul 7 #3

That happened in Iowa when I was in Marion. Just north of Cenrter City was an area that haden't flooded ... marble falls Jul 8 #32

The area is full of hills. You walk toward the top of a hill. LeftInTX Jul 7 #4

All great points misanthrope Jul 7 #6

" These are flash floods, not hurricane floods" obamanut2012 Jul 7 #8

Very informative malaise Jul 7 #14

Not to mention humbling - and terrifying! calimary Jul 7 #21

Agree malaise Jul 8 #30

I guess I don't understand. LudwigPastorius Jul 7 #24

You walk before high water approaches. LeftInTX Jul 8 #25

Bingo. If it's up to your ankles and running, you are in danger. marble falls Jul 8 #33

Once camping at Turner Falls, OK a Parker ranger told us to pack up MagickMuffin Jul 7 #5

Here's a 38 minute video from the beginning of the surge to the cresting of the bridge MagickMuffin Jul 7 #7

Wow, that is exactly what it looked like when tsunamis hit Japan BigmanPigman Jul 7 #10

I watched it..in horror, actually. I bookmarked it as it was the most stunning, tragic thing Ive seen. Deuxcents Jul 8 #27

When the water is high, its also fast. milestogo Jul 7 #9

Months and months of drought made everything much worse. Paladin Jul 7 #11

Decades of drought made everyone forget what to do during a flash flood! LeftInTX Jul 7 #13

Same thing happened here with Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 malaise Jul 7 #18

No offence - I do not want to be in Jamaica in a C-3 storm event. You are most welcome to come up north ... marble falls Jul 8 #34

Thanks my friend malaise Jul 8 #35

There is that, TOO. calimary Jul 7 #22

No. Ms. Toad Jul 7 #12

If they were aware of them misanthrope Jul 7 #15

That is the responsibility of the camp and/or local goverment. Ms. Toad Jul 7 #16

It wasn't my aim to "shift" anything misanthrope Jul 7 #19

I was just responding to your assertion that the only way Ms. Toad Jul 7 #20

I grew up in a place with tornadoes as well misanthrope Jul 8 #29

We had drills about twice a year. Ms. Toad Jul 8 #38

A lot of the reason I remembered misanthrope Jul 8 #39

Both away from shrapnel, and against the strongest walls in the building. Ms. Toad Jul 8 #40

Our warnings in Burnet came more than an hour before the first crossing, they set up a high water shelter ... marble falls Jul 8 #37

Exactly. There was no warning sent. Here in Marble Falls, we get warnings from both the city and the county, ... marble falls Jul 8 #36

It seems like the camp had no plan Buckeyeblue Jul 7 #17

It happened at 4:45AM. That area of the valley is a gentle slope to the riverbed Melon Jul 7 #23

You can check the river gauge here electricmonk Jul 8 #28